Read the following articles featured in the Winter 2020 issue of Strategic Financial Planning newsletter.
Innovation and disruption
Innovation in hospitals can “turbocharge” advances
Ed Avis
Once healthcare leaders learn innovation processes and understand the tools used by peers, they can apply innovation anywhere in your organizations.
Contracting
How to use contract testing and analysis to prepare for payment changes
Lauree E. Handlon and Laura Jacobson
Whether a contract is new or up for renewal, a thorough understanding of the financial implications of changes to provider-payment terms is vital for continued operations.
Financial leadership
Corporate social responsiveness regardless of tax status
William Marty Martin
A single organization can engage in both corporate social responsibility ¾ driven by compliance with laws, regulations and norms ¾ and corporate social responsiveness ¾ driven by organizational vision, mission and values and often framed as the “right thing to do.”
Patient privacy and HIPAA
5 ways to drive patient privacy law compliance from within your organization
Isaac Kohen
While it makes sense to protect patients’ health-specific data, social security numbers and home addresses from external threats, the most significant threats to patient privacy laws are on the inside.
Care process redesign
Staking a claim in home-centered care: A partnership-based strategy
From Our Sponsor, Kaufman Hall
Dawn Samaris and Andre Maksimow
A home-centered strategy can help manage costs under value-based payment structures, increase patient satisfaction and manage total cost of care.
Finance at a glance
Physician pay increased but productivity remained stagnant in 2018
Medical specialties saw an increase of 1.9% in median wRVU production over last year’s survey.
